Medical Adhesives and Sealants - A US Market Review

1.METHODOLOGY
Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
Disclaimers
Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level
2.MARKET OVERVIEW
Driven by High Penetration Rates
Medical Adhesives & Sealants Sitting Pretty
Overpowering Challenges
Industry Landscape Goes Thinner
A Peek into Products with Strong Demand Potential
Synthetics Outperforming Market Kinetics
Current and Future Analysis
Medical Adhesives Adhere to High Growth – An Evolving Outlook
3.MARKET TRENDS AND ISSUES
Appeasing the Eye – The New ‘Functional’ Mantra
Denture Adhesives Pining for Innovation
Sprucing up the Dental Sealants Market
Sealants Chink into the Mechanical Fasteners’ Market
Fibrin-based Products – A Brick in the Wall
Emergence of Topical Hemostats as Threat to Tissue Sealants
Tissue Sealants Fall Prey to Consumer Ignorance
Cosmetic Surgeries – Going ‘Invasive’ on Conventional Sealants
Cyanoacrylate Tissue Sealants – Arrival of an Enigma
Cyanoacrylate Medical Adhesives to Command Increased Market- Penetration
Silicone Face-lifting Adhesive Market
Pit and Fissure Sealants Scoring High Grades
Growing Dental-Care Consciousness Dents Market
Maximizing on the ‘Minimal’ Market
High Resistance to Sterilization Props Growth in Allied Markets
Demand for Polyethylene Glycol and Plasma/Protein Sealants to Surge
Adhesives and Sealants to Witness Rapid Gains in Cardiovascular Procedures
4.INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Hemostatic Agents and Tissue Sealants: Applications in Urology
Upsurge in Medical Adhesives and Sealants Market
US First-Aid Category Sounds Strong with Ample Choices
Biggies Drive the Innovation Trend
Bandage Market Catches up the Licensing Fetish
Private-Labeled Bandages Make their Presence Felt
Hemostatic Bandages Breathe an Air of Dynamism
Present Market Scenario: Reality ‘Bites’
Disposable Medical Devices – Key End-Use Application for Adhesives
Merging for Better
A Case for Consolidation
Stupendous Growth Lures Adhesive Majors
Synopsized Review of Growth Drivers
Information & Knowledge Dispersion: Key to Increased Consumer Adoption
Healthcare Budget Rationing: An Unlikely Growth Driver
FDA Approvals Spur Market Interest
Proven Clinical Evidences Boost the Market
Utility of Surgical Adhesives Soaring High
Regulatory Standards for Surgical Glues
A List of Surgical Adhesive and Sealant Products and- Manufacturers
US Scorecard for Surgical Adhesives
Tissue Adhesives and Sealants Harness Growth in the US Market
Tissue Sealants Bank Upon Growing Number of Approved- Indications
Competitive Landscape
Tentative Approvals Leading to a Weary Growth
Regulatory Concerns for Medical Adhesives and Sealants
5.PRODUCT FACTS
I. Adhesives and Sealants for Dentistry
Denture and Orthodontic Bonding Agents
Pit & Fissure Sealants and Luting Cements
Restorative Adhesives & Sealants
Tray Adhesives
Dental Surgical Tissue Bonding Agents for Dental Reconstruction
II. Medical Adhesives & Sealants
Adhesives & Sealants for Surgical/ Internal Medical Applications
Adhesives & Sealants for External Medical Applications
6.TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
Researchers Discover Novel Bacterial Glue with Potential Medical Applications
Faster Time to Market Needs Shirk the Innovation Lull
Visible and Ultraviolet Light Cured Products
Under Trials
Surgical Sealants to Prevent Fluid & Air Leaches
Transparent Hydrogel for Eye Surgeries
7.CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
Baxter Receives FDA Clearance for ARTISS
Covalence Specialty Materials Merges with Berry Plastics
Derma Sciences Takes Over First Aid Division of Nutramax Products
CryoLife Enters into a Supplying Contract forBioGlue® Surgical Adhesive
Protein Polymer Technologies Offers Protein Polymer Biomaterials
CryoLife Signs Distribution Agreement with MAST Biosurgery
HemCon’s ChitoFlex Obtains CE Marking
Covidien Releases PleuraSeal™ Lung Sealant System
Tenaxis Medical Unveils ArterX Vascular Sealant
Kimberly-Clark Releases InteguSeal Microbial Sealant
3M ESPE Upgrades Clicker™ Dispenser
Kerr Introduces NX3 Nexus® Third Generation
8.MAJOR PLAYERS
3M Company
Adhesives Research, Inc.
Aveva Drug Delivery Systems
Baxter International, Inc.
Confluent Surgical, Inc.
CryoLife, Inc.
Den-Mat Corporation
DENTSPLY International, Inc.
HARTMANN-CONCO, Inc.
HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
Ethicon, Inc.
CLOSURE Medical Corporation
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
Procter & Gamble Company
Protein Polymer Technologies, Inc.
Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc.
Kerr Corporation
9.MARKET ANALYTICS
Table 1: Percentage Breakdown of Medical Adhesives and Sealants Market by Product Chemistry in the US – 2010P
Table 2: Annual Sales for the US Market for Synthetic Polymer Based Adhesives & Sealants by Application 2010P (in US$ Million)
Table 3: Annual Sales for the US Market for Natural Polymer Based Adhesives & Sealants by Application - 2010 (in US$ Million)
Table 4: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Brands in the US Market for Denture Adhesives –
Table 5: Medical Adhesives and Sealants Market by Segment in the US: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)
Table 6: Percentage Breakdown of Medical Adhesives and Sealants Market by Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2009
Companies Profiled